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  1. What Patients do to make you mad!

    pinksugar replied to MichaelFloridaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Well, regarding this issue you are definitely a kindred spirit with

  2. Why shift diff nights when days are so busy?

    pinksugar replied to Johnny Moo Man's topic in General Nursing

    As a matter of fact, I

  3. What Patients do to make you mad!

    pinksugar replied to MichaelFloridaRN's topic in General Nursing

  4. Baltimore safety

    pinksugar replied to 2008el's topic in Maryland Nursing

    I love that you know where Cardboard City is! Sarah, Owings Mills is on the west side of Baltimore County and it is pretty

  5. Why shift diff nights when days are so busy?

    pinksugar replied to Johnny Moo Man's topic in General Nursing

    This post says it perfectly. I just want you to know that I always read all of your posts and I always agree with every single thing that you

  6. What Patients do to make you mad!

    pinksugar replied to MichaelFloridaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, you are nice. I would not be wishing him into heaven if I were you. Everyone dies. That doesn't give us the right to be nasty. Death is a part of life. My patient called me into her room the...

  7. Baltimore safety

    pinksugar replied to 2008el's topic in Maryland Nursing

    I just heard about this yesterday ... how horrible!! I feel so bad for that

  8. Baltimore safety

    pinksugar replied to 2008el's topic in Maryland Nursing

    I have lived in Baltimore my entire life, and I have to tell you honestly that the city is not very safe. We have one of the highest murder rates in the country (maybe the world). I highly suggest you...

  9. A case of DKA & chest pain

    pinksugar replied to poppy07's topic in MICU, SICU

    I know! We don't even get DKA pts unless their sugars are in the 500-600's in my ICU. They will go to a medical floor or be treated in the ER. Poppy, my guess is that the HA was cause by the nitro...

  10. Ethics: Does it bother you when people are in nursing to make money?

    pinksugar replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    It does not bother me when people are in nursing to make money. Nursing is a job. The point of a job is to make money. I don't understand why this subject always comes up. Why should we not be paid? I...

  11. MDs should obtain & have patients sign consent

    pinksugar replied to riley50's topic in General Nursing

    I would never get consent for procedures/blood/etc. That is a doctor's job. Our docs know this and would not dream of asking us to get consent. I :heartbeat our

  12. Ever get infection/ disease from a patient??

    pinksugar replied to philosophical's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. That hospital would have had a major run-in with my lawyer over that

  13. Levophed Max dose.

    pinksugar replied to fedewa0627's topic in MICU, SICU

    50 mcg/min max at our hospital, but I have never used that

  14. Age you will/were graduated?

    pinksugar replied to sweetiez's topic in General Students

    I graduated just this past May at age 26. My mother was 43 when she graduated from

  15. Wondering how others deal with RUDE patients, docs, colleagues?????

    pinksugar replied to TrudyRN's topic in General Nursing

    No, I don't do any of those things. If anything, I'd like to give them more pain meds (but don't, of course). I work in an ICU/CCU where most of the patients have very serious chronic conditions. They...

  16. Overtime...What's fair?

    pinksugar replied to dzadzey's topic in General Nursing

    My facility only pays overtime if we work over 40 hours in a week. However, we also get $100 per shift for extra shifts that we work (over our 3 12's). I think that's pretty

  17. Rich nurses?

    pinksugar replied to tiij's topic in General Nursing

    We are not overpaid. You are underpaid. Frankly, as far as I am concerned, American nurses are still underpaid for the work we do. Seriously, you deserve a raise. This is backbreaking

  18. Do you have time to cut diabetic toenails?

    pinksugar replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I don't cut diabetic toenails. From everything I have heard at work and school, that is not in my scope of practice. I am not a diabetic nurse, so I don't know if that would change

  19. I am being too anal?

    pinksugar replied to caholbr's topic in General Nursing

    No, you are not being too anal at all. There is no way I would give those 'meds'. As the others have already said, you are still responsible for them! No

  20. Signed up for Med-Surg but feel like I am in ICU!!!!

    pinksugar replied to ExTechie's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, I would be very scared too! I would definitely be looking for another job if I were you. That is not enough

  21. Pet Peeve: Poor Grammar by Nurses

    pinksugar replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I believe it would be 'dictionaries'. Not that I am trying to pick you apart or anything - I make mistakes like this

  22. new grads in icu

    pinksugar replied to firehawkrn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I agree with this. I am a new grad in ICU/CCU and I WANT the sickest patients. I want to be able to take care of these very ill people, and the only way to learn how to do it is by jumping in, asking...

  23. What do you *LOVE* about nursing?

    pinksugar replied to jollyjenny's topic in General Nursing

    I love the schedule (3 12's), the money, and the fact that I can get a job anywhere. Nursing jobs are a dime a dozen. I love that after I get a year or so of experience I will be able to do travel...

  24. Poll for those who have already taken NCLEX..

    pinksugar replied to lpn2rnMay2005's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    1. How many questions did you take on NCLEX? 75 and just found out I passed! 2. What study materials did you use? Did you take a test review course? No study review course. I answered some...

  25. NCLEX Exam today!!

    pinksugar replied to Jayden'sMommy's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Any good news yet? I took my exam on July 21 and I just got my quick results. Passed! I freaked out because they kept giving me colostomy questions. Fingers crossed for all of the test takers out...